The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday barred a casino ship with a passenger capacity of 2,000 in the Mandovi river in Panaji, noting that it does not have the requisite certifications.
The court was responding to a public interest litigation filed by an association named Enough is Enough and other citizens demanding that several permissions granted to the firm Delta Pleasure Cruise Company Private Limited be set aside.
A bench of Justices Amit S Jamsandekar and Valmiki Menezes noted that currently, the company’s new vessel MV Deltin Royale does not have a certificate of survey, or a certificate under the Merchant Shipping Act specifying the ship’s tonnage, build and other details about the identity of the ship.
A certificate of survey is issued by an authorised surveyor.
The court said on Wednesday that as the vessel does not have this document, it cannot sail into the Panjim Port on the river Mandovi without obtaining all the required certifications.
“Further, even if such certificates and requirements for sailing of the vessel into the Panaji Port are obtained, the vessel shall not sail into the port without prior permission of this court,” the bench added.
The bench also took on record the statement of the state home secretary that if the Goa...
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